Maxing Out The Lathe To Machine a 1000lb Drill Sub

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In today's video Matt is taking a gigantic 400kg (1000lb) pice of old drill collar and machining up a shiny new sub. We'll be using the 4 jaw chuck on the tailstock to dial it in, and putting two large 6 5/8 Reg connections on the billet. We absolutely MAXX out the bed length on this one! Enjoy PS - here’s the link to the nifty little tool setter that Arthur from LiveTools twisted my arm to buy (it’s worth every cent) https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/286671024467 ABOUT HAL HEAVY DUTY We're a real life machine shop for a 60 year old drilling company located in Central Queensland, Australia. Our job is to keep rigs running in the field - fixing all the stuff drillers break and creating all the custom gear they need to get the job done. We run two CNC's, manual repair lathes, a few mills and a big green Megabore Lathe we call "THE HULK"... and are constantly having to make weird and wonderful tools for odd (usually oversize) jobs. We release our weekly video at 1pm Friday (AEST), so be sure to subscribe if you want to see stuff you really won't find anywhere else.